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For over thirty years, Fred Rogers fostered the imaginations of little tykes across America through his PBS children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He helped teach these youngsters lessons about growing, loving, and being happy just for being the unique individuals that they are. He also too read more

The ever effervescent Deanna Durbin is sprawled out on the seat of a train car feverishly reading the pages of her thrilling mystery novel aloud. She happens to glance out the window only to stop and see a man bludgeoned to death with a crowbar! It was through the window shade, and we don’t s read more

Celebrating Thanksgiving with Fond Memories! I have such fond memories of the Macy’s Day Parade from when I was a little kid… waking up early in the morning, running downstairs to the living room, and turning on the TV to see what awesome and fun balloons would be making their way down t read more

Christmas Holiday begins as a movie we’ve probably seen before countless times. A returning G.I. (Dean Harens) is getting ready for some Christmas leave except our star is as stiff as cardboard and that comes before he gets the sobering news. The girl he was intent on marrying has duped him t read more

This admittedly isn't much of a picture, but this from the July 1935 Radio Mirror is as close as we've come to the holy grail of a Carole Lombard-Jean Harlow photo together. (They're with broadcasters Walter Winchell and Jimmie Fidler in 1934, as is Russ Columbo.)So if said pic technically solves th read more

Now that the passes for the 2020 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival have gone on sale, this is a perfect time for another installment of my ongoing coverage of this year’s TCM event. But for today’s Noirvember post, I’m serving up a treat — a guest post from a first-rate wri read more

“Buttons: A Christmas Tale”We have TWO DVDs to Give Away!“ CMH is thrilled to announce this very special giveaway – just in time for the holidays! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving away TWO COPIES of the DVD “Buttons: A Christmas Tale” starring beloved classic movie read more

William Holden as Sefton. Considering it was made by one of Hollywood's most versatile directors, it's no surprise that Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 flows back and forth effortlessly between drama and comedy. Set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II, the dramatic storyline foc read more

WEREWOLF IN A GIRLS' DORMITORY is the American name for a 1961 Italian/Austrian production originally titled LYCANTHROPUS. The Euro horror has been given a special Blu-ray release courtesy of Severin Films. WEREWOLF IN A GIRLS' DORMITORY may be a silly title, but it's a memorable one, and it has en read more

The year 1939 is filled with notable dates in history. World War II was declared in Europe on Sept. 3, 1939. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians recorded “Auld Lang Syne” for the first time on March 7, 1939. Lou Gehrig retired from the Yankees on June 21, 1939. Considered Hollywood’s greatest read more

Claire Dodd, Nancy Carroll, Gloria Stuart Zachary Scott, Gloria Dickson, John Hodiak Paula Raymond, Edward Norris, Karen Morley Marian Marsh, Richard Greene, Jean Parker Our friend Dan Van Neste, author of The Whistler: Stepping into the Shadows and The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Times of R read more

One of Carole Lombard's social highlights was the June 1935 party she threw at the now-defunct Venice Pier amusement park. There, many of her friends -- famous and anonymous -- had plenty of fun.This pic of Carole, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and Richard Barthelmess is often reprinted from the soir read more

  This is my entry for the fabulous What a Character! blogathon hosted annually by Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken & Freckled and Paula's Cinema Club...check these blogs for links to entries from all participating blogs.  ~ In perhaps her best remembered scene in a classic film, Leo read more

Three years ago, in celebration of National Classic Movie Day, I participated in a blogathon hosted by Rick over at the Classic TV and Movie Café. The theme of the event was Five Movies On An Island. For today’s Noirvember post, I thought I’d revisit this theme, focusing only on noir features, read more

"The Racketeer," released in autumn 1929, was the last of three talking features the up-and-coming Carole Lombard made at Pathe. Among her castmates was an actress well into her forties whose tall (5-foot-7) frame made her ideal playing dowagers and society types.Her name was Hedda Hopper, born Elda read more

The Blue Gardenia chooses to establish its characters and allow ample time for the audience to get acquainted with all the players. It’s genuinely a pleasure as we have a number of affable people to grow accustomed to over the course of the story. There’s local journalist Casey Mayo (Ri read more

Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray are "jailed" in this promo pic for their April 13, 1941 performance of "True Confession" for the Gulf Screen Guild Theater. (The "CBS" above the mock bars gives things away.) Some 3 1/2 years earlier, the film -- Lombard's last at Paramount, and her fourth straight read more

The annual What a Character! blogathon hosted by Paula's Cinema Club, Once Upon A Screen, and Outspoken And Freckled runs from November 15th to 17th. Thanks, Paula, Aurora, and Kellee for this 8th annual edition of the blogathon! George Zucco January 11, 1886 - May 28, 1960 Hi-diddle-de read more

Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick Mallory O'Meara Hanover Square Press, 2019 The Creature from the Black Lagoon, known as the Gill-man is one of the most beloved movie monsters, but few know that its design was created by a woman, artist Milicent Patrick. Film read more

Hosts Marion Ross and Gavin MacLeod. Imagine Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, and other legends performing on the same Christmas holiday special! That's just what you'll see when A Christmas Classic (My Music) premieres on PBS on Saturday, November 16th (check local times). read more